Re: FYI -- draft ietf uri doc

>A few reasons, including the fact that informational RFCs "don't
>count" (except to marketroids who view all RFCs as standards, when
>convenient).

The IETF has a standards process for many reasons, but one of the main
ones is so that people are less likely to be confused over what is
and is not considered standardized.  A metastandard consisting of
various bits that are not at the same level of standardization
defeats that purpose.

>I disagree that having a metadocument is inappropriate -- we need
>one reference point for URIs, and as long as we continue to develop
>the space by independant documentation (which does seem to be the
>best way to to do it), the simplest, easiest to keep-up-to-date
>path is a metaspec.

That sounds informational to me.  I reference informational RFCs
all the time, so I don't see the problem.

Cheers,

....Roy

Received on Saturday, 2 September 2000 21:31:49 UTC